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Anonymous wrote:I feel the same as you OP. Cultural Catholic. I will never attend church again in the Arlington Diocese, but enjoy church very much when we're visiting relatives.

Is there something in particular that is off putting about the Arlington Diocese?

The Arlington diocese is VERY VERY conservative.

I’m not Catholic. I thought all Catholic Churches aligned in their beliefs. So some are more conservative than others?

At the diocese level Arlington is considered very conservative. The diocese stretches out into rural Virginia down past Spotsylvania and out into Fauquier County although the diocesan office is in Arlington. Within the diocese parishes run the gamut from highly conservative to much more liberal, probably the same as most Catholics worldwide.

At its core, the Catholic Church is aligned in its fundamental tenets, which are pretty much what we say weekly as part of the Apostle's Creed. The rest of the teachings and/or interpretations have been argued about and battled over for years. From divorce to LGBTQ to the place of women in the church. Some Catholics are single-issue pro-life voters. Some are more focused on social justice and see birth control and sex ed as measures to achieve those pro-life objectives.

Justice Amy Barrett is Catholic, so is President Joe Biden. What they stand for and believe in is vastly different, although both are practicing Catholics.

I've yet to see a conservative politician denied communion. Liberal politicians are denied communion regularly. The Church is very clear about where it stands even of some members think it's a big tent.

Where? Who?

Biden as recently as 2019 and the Bishops Conferences is in favor of denying him now.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/joe-biden-denied-communion-south-carolina-catholic-church/index.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-catholic-bishops-brawl-over-denying-joe-biden-communion

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Anonymous wrote:I feel the same as you OP. Cultural Catholic. I will never attend church again in the Arlington Diocese, but enjoy church very much when we're visiting relatives.

Is there something in particular that is off putting about the Arlington Diocese?

The Arlington diocese is VERY VERY conservative.

I’m not Catholic. I thought all Catholic Churches aligned in their beliefs. So some are more conservative than others?

At the diocese level Arlington is considered very conservative. The diocese stretches out into rural Virginia down past Spotsylvania and out into Fauquier County although the diocesan office is in Arlington. Within the diocese parishes run the gamut from highly conservative to much more liberal, probably the same as most Catholics worldwide.

At its core, the Catholic Church is aligned in its fundamental tenets, which are pretty much what we say weekly as part of the Apostle's Creed. The rest of the teachings and/or interpretations have been argued about and battled over for years. From divorce to LGBTQ to the place of women in the church. Some Catholics are single-issue pro-life voters. Some are more focused on social justice and see birth control and sex ed as measures to achieve those pro-life objectives.

Justice Amy Barrett is Catholic, so is President Joe Biden. What they stand for and believe in is vastly different, although both are practicing Catholics.

I've yet to see a conservative politician denied communion. Liberal politicians are denied communion regularly. The Church is very clear about where it stands even of some members think it's a big tent.

Where? Who?